flashforward

To use this dramatic device.

Noun

  1. A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
    • This "Lone Ranger" begins and ends in a flash-forward, with an elderly Tonto installed in a carnival diorama behind a sign that reads "The Noble Savage." - 2013, “Depp’s Tonto: an upgrade on a stereotype or just an...

Origin

Blend of flashback + forward.

Forms

flashforwards flash-forward

Verb

  1. To use this dramatic device.

Forms

flashforwards flashforwarding flashforwarded flash-forward

Related

flashback